capture
capture Lexical Profile
capture Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To take into one's possession or control by force, skill, or strategy.
"Conservationists managed to capture the injured eagle so it could receive veterinary care."
To represent, express, or preserve accurately in words, pictures, sound, or another medium.
"Her landscape paintings vividly capture the changing light of the autumn countryside."
To attract, win, or hold someone's attention, imagination, or affection.
"The speaker's remarkable personal story immediately captured the audience's imagination."
To record or enter data into a computer or storage system for processing or analysis.
"The point-of-sale software automatically captures customer purchase history and inventory levels."
To take an opponent's piece and remove it from the board (in chess and other board games).
"She moved her bishop diagonally across the board to capture her opponent's rook."
• noun
The action of taking someone or something into one's possession or control by force, skill, or strategy.
"The wildlife biologists celebrated the safe capture and tagging of the rare snow leopard."
The process or result of recording, acquiring, or storing data, images, or signals in a digital or physical medium.
"Motion capture technology has revolutionized the way animated films are produced."
A person, animal, or thing that has been taken, caught, or acquired.
"The museum's latest capture is an original manuscript from the seventeenth century."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Middle French capture, from Latin captura ('a taking, a catch'), derived from capere ('to take, seize, or hold').